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单词 slow-bellied
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slow-belliedadj.

Brit. /ˌsləʊˈbɛlɪd/, /ˈsləʊˌbɛlɪd/, U.S. /ˈsloʊˌbɛlid/
Forms: see slow adj. and bellied adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., bellied adj.
Etymology: < slow adj. + bellied adj.In early use probably with reference to Titus 1:12 (see slowbelly n.).
rare.
1. That moves or crawls slowly. Also: (of motion) very slow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly
slowa1398
slow-movingc1450
slow-bellied1554
lazya1568
slow-footed1587
slow-paced1594
leaden-footed1596
snaily1596
snail-paced1597
dragglinga1599
leaden-heeled1598
ambling1600
slow-foot1607
sluggisha1616
slow-pacing1616
tortoise-paced1623
slow-going1634
leaden-stepping1645
tardigradous1652
tardigrade1656
snail-crawleda1658
dawdling1773
loitering1791–2
slow-stepping1793
creepy1794
lugging1816
tortoise-footed1818
crawling1820
creepy-crawly1858
slowing1877
lead-foot1896
soodling1951
1554 J. Knox Faythfull Admon. sig. A3v He hath sent alreadye the deuourynge swerde, and a greate sort of slowe bellyed hote and cruel beastes to destroye.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §4 The unknown kind of Serpents in Brasil, the slow-bellied creature of the Indies [etc.].
2001 J. L. Ande Instr. for Walking on Water 80 The bees'..slowbellied tumble toward nectar.
2. Of a person: sluggish; indolent. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy
slowOE
sluggy?c1225
dull1393
slowfulc1400
sluggedc1430
sluggingc1430
slugc1440
sluggishc1450
lithera1500
peakish1519
lumpish1528
sopit1528
loiterous1566
slugring1566
drowsy1570
slow-bellied1576
snailish1581
blate1597
druggly1611
jacent1611
clammy1622
loggish1642
ignave1657
sliving1661
druggle-headed1694
slow-coachish1844
loggy1847
logy1859
tardigradous1866
tardigrade1883
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 248 Marke..the grose iugling that these slow bellyed syres vsed to delude the worlde withal.
1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 4 Slowbellyed Monkes, who haue made escape from their Cloysters.
1860 S. E. Todd Young Farmer's Man. vi. 336 A slow-bellied, indolent Jonathan, who always desires to ride through the world, never can make a complete plowman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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